What an intense 7 days!!
Here's the rundown of our crazy week...
My photography client and her husband flew out on Friday so suffice to say, it was busy with work stuff in and around all the other events of the weekend.
Saturday October 30th
Rick and I tidied the house all day. I ran off with Alex to do groceries and run the odd errand while Rick finished up with the house. That night we had company over - people who weren't going to the Witches Gathering or didn't have anything else to do with themselves for halloween weekend.
Alex landed on his face 3 times while running around. Tripped over Kate's feet, then slammed into a cupboard.. not sure about the third.. I just know his lip got all bloodied a few times while we had guests...
Sunday October 31st
Halloween Day! Rick and I headed to brunch at Busters - the crowd was pretty small - but we connected with a few people then went off to buy a pumpkin at Limeydale Farms (Hawthorne at Hunt Club). Once we got Alex down for his nap, I got to the pumpkin clean out and got Rick to do the face - it was all lightning bolts and very glowy. It looked awesome!
Alex only slept for 2 hours so when he got up I got him into layers of clothes, no winter jacket, and his costume - he was an adorable lion. I forgot to paint whiskers on him but that's okay - the lion head was above his face anyway. :) We hit the street for about 6:00 and were gone for at least an hour, maybe more. We had SO much fun! 5 minutes before heading out the door, Rick taught Alex how to say Trick or Treat! It came out more like ICK or TEET!! too cute! After he heard me say Thank You at a bunch of houses, he started saying it every time. It was really cute! He made a lot of people smile that night. I met a neighbour and his son who have lived in the neighbourhood longer than I have. The boys went to a few houses together - they're about the same age.
Monday was fairly uneventful. Rick went off to work in the morning, I worked from home for part of the afternoon, then went to the office. While Rick was gone I left Shadow outside and covered him with a blanket. I didn't have the strength or patience to negotiate the dog inside only to have him mess inside the house, so I just left him there. The barking really got on my nerves, but it couldn't be helped. Poor guy was hungry, thirsty, cold, not sure what, but I knew he wasn't happy. Rick finally came home, cleaned him up, I got lunch then worked the afternoon away.
Tuesday was difficult. Rick took Shadow to the vet that afternoon. Shadow was 16 and a half years old. Even today, 5 days later, we still get the sense that he's around, and Rick's energy still steps up around 11:30 at night to do healing work on the dog. Every so often we catch ourselves thinking we have things to do, like let the dog out, or give the leftovers to him. I left Rick to himself for Tuesday evening, went to the chiropractor with Alex then met up with metalana and caycee for dinner at Shanghai - the food was yummy and the company was interesting. I brought home some general tsao chicken for Rick to sop up some of the booze his friends were going to take him out to drink after going to see the movie Red.
Wednesday was a touching and hard day. Rick was home with Alex all day. At one point Alex took a break from his play to ask daddy where Shadow was. Rick thought at Alex the sense of loss and told him Shadow was gone. Alex wandered around, played more quietly than usual, then came up to daddy and said "shadow gone." and started to cry on daddy's chest. They cried together for a bit. My two softies. *sigh* Touching :( I spent the day at the office managing my own emotions. The passing was not unexpected and I guess I'd been prepared for it for a few months already. I choke up a little bit now and then. Got home from work and Rick left with the van. I had a fun evening with Alex and just as I was settling down to bed myself, got a call from Rick. MARIE PICK UP, PICK UP THE PHONE.... pause MARIE PICK UP. Well I got on the phone to find out he'd been in a minor collision but one that finished off the van... so I found myself at 11:45pm packing Alex into the car and driving over to the Hampton on Riverside to pick him up, guide the tow truck to the mechanics then head home to bed. We said goodbye to the van too.
Thursday we spent in Casselman with L & J trying to get our 3rd vehicle started, get the tranny loosened up so we could maintain our standing as a multiple vehicle family. Well, that didn't work. THAT car got towed to a mechanic. We spent the entire afternoon. Then I came home, rushed around, and got to Schola.
Friday was so far the best day. Nothing broke, had a busy day at work, and Rick and a good day with Alex.
Today... well today I'm taking it easy, chatted with a friend (ex boyfriend from grade 9) who now runs an apiary and supplies honey to a local store, and is happy to sell honey to mead-makers. As soon as Rick gets home I'm flying off to meet with an accountant to do GST filing for 2 years. That's got me all in a knot.
So if I run this week on the principle that everything happens in threes:
1) Alex mashed his face three times
2) Three things died this week - Shadow, the van, Rick's office fax machine
I can't think of the third grouping... I have a cold, we have a sick second car, and Rick is planning to upgrade his sick computer (not yet defunct, but it's quite slow).. at least I think that's it... Oh and my BB Curve keeps having Java errors and I really want to upgrade to the BB Torch really soon.
well.. that's my week... here's looking up to a better upcoming week.
My photography client and her husband flew out on Friday so suffice to say, it was busy with work stuff in and around all the other events of the weekend.
Saturday October 30th
Rick and I tidied the house all day. I ran off with Alex to do groceries and run the odd errand while Rick finished up with the house. That night we had company over - people who weren't going to the Witches Gathering or didn't have anything else to do with themselves for halloween weekend.
Alex landed on his face 3 times while running around. Tripped over Kate's feet, then slammed into a cupboard.. not sure about the third.. I just know his lip got all bloodied a few times while we had guests...
Sunday October 31st
Halloween Day! Rick and I headed to brunch at Busters - the crowd was pretty small - but we connected with a few people then went off to buy a pumpkin at Limeydale Farms (Hawthorne at Hunt Club). Once we got Alex down for his nap, I got to the pumpkin clean out and got Rick to do the face - it was all lightning bolts and very glowy. It looked awesome!
Alex only slept for 2 hours so when he got up I got him into layers of clothes, no winter jacket, and his costume - he was an adorable lion. I forgot to paint whiskers on him but that's okay - the lion head was above his face anyway. :) We hit the street for about 6:00 and were gone for at least an hour, maybe more. We had SO much fun! 5 minutes before heading out the door, Rick taught Alex how to say Trick or Treat! It came out more like ICK or TEET!! too cute! After he heard me say Thank You at a bunch of houses, he started saying it every time. It was really cute! He made a lot of people smile that night. I met a neighbour and his son who have lived in the neighbourhood longer than I have. The boys went to a few houses together - they're about the same age.
Monday was fairly uneventful. Rick went off to work in the morning, I worked from home for part of the afternoon, then went to the office. While Rick was gone I left Shadow outside and covered him with a blanket. I didn't have the strength or patience to negotiate the dog inside only to have him mess inside the house, so I just left him there. The barking really got on my nerves, but it couldn't be helped. Poor guy was hungry, thirsty, cold, not sure what, but I knew he wasn't happy. Rick finally came home, cleaned him up, I got lunch then worked the afternoon away.
Tuesday was difficult. Rick took Shadow to the vet that afternoon. Shadow was 16 and a half years old. Even today, 5 days later, we still get the sense that he's around, and Rick's energy still steps up around 11:30 at night to do healing work on the dog. Every so often we catch ourselves thinking we have things to do, like let the dog out, or give the leftovers to him. I left Rick to himself for Tuesday evening, went to the chiropractor with Alex then met up with metalana and caycee for dinner at Shanghai - the food was yummy and the company was interesting. I brought home some general tsao chicken for Rick to sop up some of the booze his friends were going to take him out to drink after going to see the movie Red.
Wednesday was a touching and hard day. Rick was home with Alex all day. At one point Alex took a break from his play to ask daddy where Shadow was. Rick thought at Alex the sense of loss and told him Shadow was gone. Alex wandered around, played more quietly than usual, then came up to daddy and said "shadow gone." and started to cry on daddy's chest. They cried together for a bit. My two softies. *sigh* Touching :( I spent the day at the office managing my own emotions. The passing was not unexpected and I guess I'd been prepared for it for a few months already. I choke up a little bit now and then. Got home from work and Rick left with the van. I had a fun evening with Alex and just as I was settling down to bed myself, got a call from Rick. MARIE PICK UP, PICK UP THE PHONE.... pause MARIE PICK UP. Well I got on the phone to find out he'd been in a minor collision but one that finished off the van... so I found myself at 11:45pm packing Alex into the car and driving over to the Hampton on Riverside to pick him up, guide the tow truck to the mechanics then head home to bed. We said goodbye to the van too.
Thursday we spent in Casselman with L & J trying to get our 3rd vehicle started, get the tranny loosened up so we could maintain our standing as a multiple vehicle family. Well, that didn't work. THAT car got towed to a mechanic. We spent the entire afternoon. Then I came home, rushed around, and got to Schola.
Friday was so far the best day. Nothing broke, had a busy day at work, and Rick and a good day with Alex.
Today... well today I'm taking it easy, chatted with a friend (ex boyfriend from grade 9) who now runs an apiary and supplies honey to a local store, and is happy to sell honey to mead-makers. As soon as Rick gets home I'm flying off to meet with an accountant to do GST filing for 2 years. That's got me all in a knot.
So if I run this week on the principle that everything happens in threes:
1) Alex mashed his face three times
2) Three things died this week - Shadow, the van, Rick's office fax machine
I can't think of the third grouping... I have a cold, we have a sick second car, and Rick is planning to upgrade his sick computer (not yet defunct, but it's quite slow).. at least I think that's it... Oh and my BB Curve keeps having Java errors and I really want to upgrade to the BB Torch really soon.
well.. that's my week... here's looking up to a better upcoming week.